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John 17:5
5and now glorify me, thou Father, along with thyself, with the glory which I had along with thee before the world was.
John 17:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
- New International Version (NIV)And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
Context of John 17:5
3And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. 4I have glorified thee on the earth, I have completed the work which thou gavest me that I should do it; and now glorify me, thou Father, along with thyself, with the glory which I had along with thee before the world was. 6I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. They were thine, and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy word. 7Now they have known that all things that thou hast given me are of thee;
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καὶ νῦν δόξασόν με σύ, πάτερ, παρὰ σεαυτῷ τῇ δόξῃ ᾗ εἶχον πρὸ τοῦ τὸν κόσμον εἶναι παρὰ σοί.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 17:5
- John 17:24Father, [as to] those whom thou hast given me, I desire that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me, for thou lovedst me before [the] foundation of [the] world.
- John 1:18No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
- John 3:13And no one has gone up into heaven, save he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.
- John 10:30I and the Father are one.
- John 14:9Jesus says to him, Am I so long a time with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how sayest thou, Shew us the Father?
- Proverbs 8:22Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
- Philippians 2:6who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
- Colossians 1:15who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation;
- Hebrews 1:3who being [the] effulgence of his glory and [the] expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made [by himself] the purification of sins, set himself down on the right hand of the greatness on high,
- 1 John 1:2(and the life has been manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and report to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and has been manifested to us:)
- Revelation 5:9And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed to God, by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
- John 1:1In [the] beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Matthew 25:34Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from [the] world's foundation:
- 1 Peter 1:20foreknown indeed before [the] foundation of [the] world, but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes,
- Revelation 13:8and all that dwell on the earth shall do it homage, [every one] whose name had not been written from [the] founding of [the] world in the book of life of the slain Lamb.
Commentaries on John 17:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Before the world was - That is, from eternity, before there was any creation - so the phrase, and others similar to it, are taken in the sacred writings; see John 17:24; Psalm 90:2; Ephesians 1:4. See John 1:1. Let the glory of my eternal divinity surround and penetrate my humanity, in its resurrection, ascension, and in the place which it is to occupy at thy right hand, far above all creatures, Philemon 2:6, Philemon 2:9.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5With thine own self - In heaven, granting me a participation of the same honor which the Father has. He had just said that he had glorified God on the earth, he now prays that God would glorify him in heaven. With the glory - With the honor. This word also includes the notion of happiness, or everything which could render the condition blessed. Before the world was - There could not be a more distinct and clear declaration of the pre-existence of Christ…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Jesus prayed to return to the position he had with God before the world began (1:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. I have glorified thee on the earth--rather, "I glorified" (for the thing is conceived as now past). I have finished--I finished. the work which thou gavest me to do--It is very important to preserve in the translation the past tense, used in the original, otherwise it might be thought that the work already "finished" was only what He had done before uttering that prayer; whereas it will be observed that our Lord speaks throughout as already beyond…Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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